Nixon Seeks Curbs on Medical Costs and Health Reform
President Nixon outlined a national program to curb medical costs after a health advisory report warned of a massive crisis in care delivery. The plan targets Medicaid funding flaws, hospital charges, drug pricing, and tighter federal controls to reduce inflation and shift more responsibility to both government and private sectors.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Robert Finch
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Finch
Roger Egeberg
John Veneman
Egeberg
Nixon Administration
Finch- Egeberg
Flooding Iowa River Reaches Tama and Marshalltown
The record Iowa River flood crest of 19.3 feet drove 200 families from Marshalltown homes and moved into Tama on Thursday. Water covered a stretch of Highway 63, flooded Columbia Stub, mill race, and airport runways. Dozens of families evacuated in Tama and at Chelsea. Local police reported minor looting and guards patrolled flooded districts as sandsbags protected basements.
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Iowa River
Marshalltown
Tama
South Tama
Lake Cherry
Deer Creek
Chelsea
Marshalltown National Guard
Cedar Rapids braces for higher Cedar River crest this weekend
The Cedar River in Cedar Rapids is forecast to crest near 17 feet by Sunday, a sharp rise from Tuesday’s 12.5 foot projection. Flood stage is 13 feet. City officials say preparations will continue with sandbags and polyprop bags ready, while volunteers aren’t expected to help. The Waterloo crest is projected at 20.5 feet Friday morning.
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Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
U. S. Weather Bureau
Donald Canney
Canney
Waterloo
Weather Bureau
Public Works Department
Riverfront Improvement Commission
Owen Gates at Coralville Dam increases outflow to avert spillway overflow
The Corps of Engineers announced that outflow from Coralville Dam will rise to about 10 000 cubic feet per second late Friday to prevent water from surpassing the 712 foot spillway crest. Forecasts warn that without the release, reservoir storage could be exhausted and water would spill over.
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Corps of Engineers
Coralville
Coralville Dam
Truck Plunges Into Des Moines River On I 35-80 Bridge
A truck left the road and plunged through a guardrail into the rain swollen Des Moines River north of Des Moines. Two men are believed drowned as divers search the river depths near the bridge. A highway patrolman said visibility was poor and water was about 20 feet deep. Eye witness Tony DePhillips said he saw the big rig crash into the water around 6 30 a m.
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Des Moines
Here
Tony DePhillips
Urbandale
Withdrawal of First Marine Unit From Vietnam
The first 120 Marines of the Ninth Regiment departed Quang Tri for Okinawa to prepare for the main 8,000-man contingent. U.S. combat deaths fell to 153 last week the lowest in six months, with 1,548 wounded and no major ground fights reported. North Vietnamese ambushed a convoy near Saigon, causing 4 American deaths and 11 wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Okinawa
Quang Tri
Demilitarized Zone
Language Gap Cost Fifteen Lives in Saigon Clash
UPI reports allied sources say Viet Cong shot over 15 American soldiers who did not understand English. Captured documents from the communists claim missed chances to capture U S troops and note others killed while attempting to surrender last year. no exact date given.
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Saigon
Apollo 11 countdown back on after leak fix
NASA reported a loose nut caused a helium pressurization leak in the Saturn 5 first stage. Two technicians tightened the B-nut, ground crews rechecked pressure, and the countdown for the moon mission with Armstrong Collins and Aldrin was set to begin at 7 pm Baghdad time.
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Cape Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
Neil Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin Aldrin
Integration Drive Resumes as Arkansas Districts Targeted
Department of Justice files suit in Fort Smith Ark to unite Bright Star School District 6 and Miller County School District 20, both racially segregated. The action seeks a unitary non racial system with equal opportunities, citing irregular boundaries and disparate facilities.
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Washington
UPI
Arkansas
Mitchell
U. S. District Court
Fort Smith
Ark
Bright Star School District
Miller County Board of Education
Miller County School District 20
Bright Star
Ucation
Gromyko proposes talks with U S amid China tensions
In a long speech before the Supreme Soviet, Foreign Minister Gromyko denounced Red China and urged Moscow to pursue friendly ties with the United States. He warned Beijing against force, while expressing readiness to discuss a wide range of questions. He floated a possible summit, highlighted potential Soviet U S cooperation, and urged calm on Berlin and Asia.
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Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
Red
China
Mao Tsetung
Gromyko
Washington
Kremlin
Berlin
Asia
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
U.S
Soviet Union
Girl 9 Found Slain in Des Moines Home
DES MOINES AP The body of 9-year-old Patricia Ann Veach was found in her south side bedroom, apparently strangled and possibly sexually molested. Police noted a cut screen at the front door. the family slept until about 2 a.m. The case follows the Urbandale slaying of Pamela Powers, with a Missouri man later convicted in Powers’s killing.
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DES Moines
South Side
Patricia Ann Veach
William Veach
Veach
Veaches
Patricia Ann
Pamela Powers
Urbandale
Powers
YMCA
Missouri
Robert Anthony Williams
Miss Powers
Michigan Blaze Kills Ten in Rural Home Fire
Ten people died in a rural Michigan fire that destroyed a farm family's home in Posen. The Gralewicz family, seven of eight Bonin children, and Mrs. Wallace Bonin perished. Only Edward Gralewicz and granddaughter Carol Bonin survived. Investigators cited laundry wiring as a possible cause.
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Posen
Mich
Sheriff's Office
Anthony Gralewicz
Gralewicz
Edward
Carol Bonin
Wallace Bonin
Bonin
Smaller Corn and Wheat Harvests Seen for 1969
The agriculture department estimates the 1969 Iowa corn crop at 827.64 million bushels or 88 bushels per acre, down from 901.73 million last year. Nationally, corn output is 4.286 billion bushels, down 2 percent from 1968, while the wheat crop is 1.425 billion bushels, down 9 percent.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Department
Boss urges workers to speak up despite risk
A 1969 Chuckle item quotes a boss telling employees not to fear him and to voice complaints even at the cost of their jobs, framing a tough workplace stance and warning against silence. The remark appears as a brief comic or caption from the era.
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